MEDIUM
avahi: daemon infinite loop triggered by an empty UDP packet (CVE-2010-2244 fix regression)
Published Feb 22, 2011
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 29.36%
Description
avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an empty mDNS (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 UDP packet to port 5353. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2244.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- ≤ 0.6.28
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.6.4
- 0.6.5
- 0.6.6
- 0.6.7
- 0.6.8
- 0.6.9
- 0.6.10
- 0.6.11
- 0.6.12
- 0.6.13
- 0.6.14
- 0.6.15
- 0.6.16
- 0.6.17
- 0.6.18
- 0.6.19
- 0.6.20
- 0.6.21
- 0.6.22
- 0.6.23
- 0.6.24
- 0.6.25
- 0.6.26
- 0.6.27
Configuration 2
OR
- 15
- 5.0
- 6.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 8.04
- 9.10
- 10.04
- 10.10
Configuration 4
OR
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
avahi-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0436
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
avahi-0:0.6.25-11.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0779
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | avahi-0:0.6.16-10.el5_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0436 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | avahi-0:0.6.25-11.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0779 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
29.36% 0.29361
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.29361
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (25 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 29.36% (0.29361) | 98.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 29.36% (0.29361) | 97.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 24, 2026 | 57.72% (0.57721) | 98.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 5, 2026 | 68.95% (0.68950) | 98.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 19, 2025 | 71.38% (0.71384) | 98.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 11, 2025 | 73.49% (0.73486) | 98.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 71.89% (0.71885) | 98.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 15, 2025 | 74.66% (0.74663) | 98.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 78.32% (0.78318) | 98.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 75.32% (0.75319) | 98.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 80.45% (0.80446) | 99.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 77.80% (0.77795) | 98.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 80.45% (0.80446) | 99.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 77.80% (0.77795) | 98.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 82.26% (0.82263) | 99.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.76% (0.04763) | 92.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 23, 2023 | 7.51% (0.07514) | 93.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 61.29% (0.61291) | 97.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 64.31% (0.64309) | 97.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 69.88% (0.69881) | 97.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 87.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (34)
- http://avahi.org/ticket/325 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://git.0pointer.de/?p=avahi.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=46109dfec75534fe270c0ab902576f685d5ab3a6 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055858.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/18/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/18/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/70948 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43361 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43465 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43605 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43673 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44131 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1084-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2174 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:037 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:040 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0436.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0779.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46446 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0448 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0499 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0511 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0565 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0601 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0670 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0969 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/cve-2011-1002-avahi-daemon-remote-denial-of-service/ x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1002 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667187 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65524 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFNot Applicable
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65525 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1002
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1002
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 22, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 14, 2011
Link CVE-2011-1002
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a